SAN ANTONIO — Remember when Robert Downey Jr. first smirked his way into the armor with 2008’s “Iron Man”? We knew it was the start of something special, something bright, something world-building. Soon we had a Hulk reboot, then another “Iron Man” movie. Then along came Thor and Captain America. And then we got all […]
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SAN ANTONIO — Ultron’s ultra-bad, the Avengers are ultra-angsty and whoo boy is that the Vision’s ultra-cool mug at the end? Yes, yes, yes. The new “Avengers: Age of Ultron” trailer brings the goods with better looks at main villain Ultron (voiced and acted by James Spader) along with more peeks at Earth’s Mightiest Heroes […]
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SAN ANTONIO — What started as a reported leak of an “Avengers: Age of Ultron” teaser trailer has turned into an official early release of the “Avengers: Age of Ultron” teaser trailer. And, boy, do good things come to those who don’t have to wait. You want Iron Man in Hulkbuster armor busting on the […]
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Coulson! Coulson! We’ve all been screaming for Agent Coulson! Now we finally know exactly when Clark Gregg reprises his breakout role for television. ABC has announced “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” will debut Tuesday Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. central, according to Comic Book Resources. The series, which spins off from Joss Whedon’s mega-hit film “The […]
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Coulson lives, and he’s got some hot wheels and some hot stars to go with his new lease on life. In case you missed it Sunday night, here’s the first promo for ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” The upcoming series brings back Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, the Captain America-loving S.H.I.E.L.D. stalwart from “The Avengers” […]
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Patton Oswalt just found another way to win the Internet. First the actor and stand-up comedian pens a heartfelt, erudite reaction to the tragedy in Boston in a Facebook post that quickly goes viral. Now we have Oswalt’s cameo for one of Thursday’s episodes of “Parks and Recreation” — a grand filibuster synopsis of a […]
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I don’t get out much when it comes to movies, but I sure do hit the comic shop a lot. Which brings us once again to the Commies, Geek Speak’s answer to the Oscars for the best stuff in sequential art. Every year around the Academy Awards, I like to dish out some virtual hardware […]
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I can’t wait to pop “The Avengers” into my Blu-ray player so I can revisit all that fun, vibrant, puny-god thumping action from home. So to whet my appetite and yours for the big Sept. 25 video release, what say we feed our eyeballs some Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with a heaping mound of kaiju? Translation: […]
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What could be more fun than watching “The Avengers”? Making it, of course. Check out this gag reel of “Avengers” bloopers, which features a Tesseract’s worth of bleeps, oops and laughs on the set of the summer’s mightiest blockbuster. The gag reel also includes major spoilers, so consider yourself warned. Oh, it’ll make your sides […]
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Remember all the super-hype about the New 52, DC Comics’ line-wide restart with all-new No. 1 issues? You just knew DC’s own distinguished competition, Marvel Entertainment, would respond in kind with its own major shake-up. Enter Marvel NOW!, an upcoming reboot that’s not really a reboot but had to happen nonetheless. Like DC, Marvel will […]
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